=Jerubbaal.= _See_ Gideon. =Jerusalem=, the site of, occupied by the Jebusites, =1=, 3. king of, defeated by Joshua, =1=, 34-5. physical features of, =1=, 114-15. becomes the royal residence, =1=, 114. fortified and extended, =1=, 118-19. center of religious life, =1=, 119-20. prosperity and importance of, under Solomon, =1=, 168-9. religious center for the northern tribes, =1=, 185. fortified by Rehoboam, =1=, 185. Baal-worship at, under Athaliah, =1=, 212. Jehoiada ends Baal-worship in, =1=, 216-17. the first conquest of, =1=, 225. deprived of fortifications, by Jehoash, =1=, 226. fortified by Uzziah, =1=, 231. fortified by Jotham, =1=, 249. besieged by Rezin and Pekah, =1=, 258, 259. fortified against Sennacherib, =1=, 271. celebration of the Passover at, under Josiah, =1=, 295. the nation gathers in, to pray for help against Nebuchadnezzar, =1=, 304. besieged by generals of Nebuchadnezzar, =1=, 307. fortified by Zedekiah, =1=, 311. besieged by Nebuchadnezzar, =1=, 311-12. siege of, raised, =1=, 312. siege of, resumed, =1=, 313. taken by the Chaldæans, =1=, 313-14. destroyed by Nebuzaradan, =1=, 315. destruction of, mourned by the Babylonian Jews, =1=, 337-8. return of exiles to, under Zerubbabel, =1=, 354-6. arrival of Ezra in, =1=, 366. attacked by Sanballat, =1=, 371. taken by Sanballat, =1=, 372. Nehemiah rebuilds the fortifications of, =1=, 374-5. settlers invited to, by Nehemiah, =1=, 377-8. the Law read in, by Ezra, =1=, 378-80. the walls of, consecrated, =1=, 381-2. a religious school established in, =1=, 396. suffering in, under Bagoas, =1=, 409-10. taken by Ptolemy I, =1=, 416. the fortifications of, destroyed by Ptolemy I, =1=, 417. improved by Simon the Just, =1=, 421. entered by Antiochus III, =1=, 432. taken by Scopas, =1=, 432. athletic contests introduced in, =1=, 435. gymnasia introduced in, =1=, 445. occupied by Sostrates, =1=, 447. occupied by Jason, =1=, 451. taken by Antiochus Epiphanes, =1=, 451. entered by Apollonius, =1=, 453-4. entered by Judas Maccabæus, =1=, 471. desolate condition of, after the Syrian depredations, =1=, 471-2. besieged by Lysias, =1=, 479-80. occupied by Alcimus, =1=, 487. fortified by Jonathan Haphus, =1=, 494. fortified by the Hasmonæans, =1=, 498. venerated by the Egyptian Judæans, =1=, 509. celebrated by Philo the Elder, =1=, 517-18. besieged by Antiochus Sidetes, =2=, 3-4. taken by Aristobulus II, =2=, 58. besieged by Aretas, =2=, 60. siege of, raised at the order of Rome, =2=, 62. besieged by Pompey, =2=, 64-6. walls of, razed, =2=, 67. taken by Alexander, son of Aristobulus II, =2=, 70. a Synhedrion established in, =2=, 71. entered by Crassus, =2=, 74. walls of, rebuilt by Cæsar, =2=, 76.